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G. L. HART.

MANUFACTURE OF OUTLBRY.

Patented Oct. 17, 1882.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. HART, OF UNION VILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO B. C. HART, OF SAME PLACE.

MANUFACTURE OF CUTLERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,959, dated October 17, 1882.

Application filed December 6, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LbHART, of Unionville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and ,io said manufacture by cutting the blanks from the bar and then finishing them in any proper manner; and the objects of my invention are to produce a merchantable bar from which to manufacture solid articles of table-cutlery and to produce said articles at a small cost.

111 the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of said bar; Fig. 2, a transverse section on line mm of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a side elevation of a fork-blank as cut from said bar; and Fig. et is side view ofa double bar.

I first make or obtain a bar, preferably of steel, of any desired length, in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, which bar can be readily made by rolling in the ordinary manner of As seen by the sectional view Fig. 2, this bar is provided with a longitudinal rib, a, and grooveb upon each side, the rib and groove on one side being formed directly opposite that on the other side. The part (1 of the bar which is shown at the right of the ribs and groove is a thin web or plate, thin enough for forming the blade of the fork or knife, while the part c, which is upon the opposite side of said ribs and grooves, is thick- 5 er, so that the handle may be formed therefrom. After said bar is obtained I cut it up into blanks, Fig. 3, by means of a cutting-die and punch, which cut the contour in side view of said blank, as indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 1. In the blank so cut it wil be observed that the thin portion 01 of the bar forms the blade of the knife or fork, the thick portion (No model.)

up the rim and groove of the bolster, and to smith the blade. if a fork-blank, it may then be subjected to cutting-dies to punch out and form the tines, after which the blade is bent into the desired curvature. Thepartd of the bar is of a width equal to the length of a forkblade blank to be produced on the part c of a width equal to the length of the handle, while the groove and rib together between the parts 0 d occupy a space in the width of the bar which is equal to the length of the bolster in the finished article, whereby said bar is spe cially adapted for making what is known as 6 'solid table-cutlery, with the handles, bolsters, and blades all formed in one piece of solid metal.

A bar from which to cut knife-blanks will differ from one for fork-blanks by having the thin portion made enough wider to allow for the difference in length between a fork-blade and a knife-blade. 1 have spec fied said bar as wide enough only for the length of one blank; but, if desired, the bar already described may be duplicated by making a double bar wide enough for two blanks and connected together as one bar, as shown in Fig. 4.

1 am aware that an English patent of an earlier date than my invention shows a bar So with longitudinal ribs on opposite sides, but with no bolster-grooves, and having a thin web upon one side of said ribs from which to cutout a knife-blade and another thin web upon the other side from which to cut out the shank to which a handle may be secuied, and I hereby disclaim said bar.

I claim as my invention- The bar, substantially as hereinbefore described, t'or cutting out blanks for solid table knives and forks, the same consisting of the thin part of a width equal to the length of the blade to be cut therelrom, a middle part having the ribs and grooves, the combined width of which is equal to the length of the bolster portion of the knife or fork to be produced therefrom, and the thicker part of a width and thickness equal to the length and thickness of the handle for, said knife or fork.

GEORGE L. HART.

Witnesses:

'OAnLos L. MASON,

HENRY A. COWLES. 

